DeLisa Fairweather Editor

Dr Mitesh Kumar Dwivedi, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at C. G. Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology, Uka Tarsadia University. He has published 60 research papers and 41 book chapters, edited 7 books, and serves as editorial board member and reviewer of many international journals. His research interests include investigation of immunogenetic, autoimmune, & therapeutic aspects of vitiligo, rheumatoid arthritis, sickle cell disease, and the role of probiotics in ameliorating the autoimmune diseases. He is the recipient of numerous honors: DST-SERB Core Research Grant (2022), SERB-SIRE International Research Fellowship (2022), Best Researcher Award (2020), INSA Visiting Scientist Award (2019), DST-SERB Early Career Research Award (2018), Young Scientist Awards (2011, 2013, and 2018), secured all India rank ‘32’ in CSIR-NET National examination (2011; Life Sciences), and has successfully completed 5 research projects as Principal Investigator from national funding agencies: SERB-DST, GUJCOST, UTU, and Neosciences & Research Solutions Pvt. Ltd. DeLisa Fairweather, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Translational Research in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, studying sex/gender differences in cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases including myocarditis. Her research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Heart Association (AHA), BARDA, and others. She serves on NIH, the Board of the Atwal Clinic and Mayo Clinic Mitochondrial Research Center, and formerly on the Board of the Myocarditis Foundation. She was a leader of the US FDA Mayo-led Expanded Access Program from April-August 2020. In 2020-2022 she served on a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) committee making recommendations to NIH and Congress on the autoimmune disease portfolio of NIH. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Autoimmune Registry as well as the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD).